Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : PATHHUNT.ZIP
Filename : PATHHUNT.C

 
Output of file : PATHHUNT.C contained in archive : PATHHUNT.ZIP
#include
#include
#include
#include

char filespec[14]; /* used to hold \filespec */
char ss[64]; /* search string */
char path[256], *pathptr; /* pointer and buffer for path */

void PrintUsage()
{
puts("Usage: PathHunt filespec");
puts("");
puts("PathHunt will search each directory in the path");
puts("and print the names of any files that match the");
puts("filespec. The filespec should NOT contain any");
puts("path (subdirectory) specification.");
exit();
} /* PrintUsage */

void PrintMatches( char *s)
{ char msg[80] = "Now searching for ";
struct ffblk filedata;

strcat( msg, strlwr(s)); /* tell about the search string */
puts( msg);
if ( !findfirst( s, &filedata, FA_NORMAL)) /* at least one file */
{
putchar( '\t');
puts( filedata.ff_name);
while ( !findnext( &filedata))
{
putchar( '\t');
puts( filedata.ff_name);
}
}
} /* PrintMatches */

void main( int argc, char *argv[])
{
puts("PathHunt 1.0 -- Copyright (C) 1990, Bit Bucket Software");
if (argc == 1) /* if no argument, grumble */
PrintUsage();
else
{ /* otherwise init string to \filespec */
filespec[0] = '\\';
strcpy( &filespec[1], argv[1]);
}
if ((pathptr = getenv( "PATH")) == NULL)
{
puts("PathHunt: PATH variable not found in environment");
exit(1);
}
PrintMatches( argv[1]); /* get current directory first */
strcpy( path, pathptr); /* then go down the path. */
strcpy( ss, strtok( path, ";"));
while (ss[0])
{
if (strlen( ss) == 3) /* a root directory */
ss[2] = '\0'; /* strip off \, since already one on filespec */
strcat( ss, filespec); /* build complete search string */
PrintMatches( ss); /* do dir search and print results */
ss[0] = '\0'; /* change search string to empty */
strcpy( ss, strtok( NULL, ";")); /* check for another dir in path */
}
} /* end main PathHunt */


  3 Responses to “Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : PATHHUNT.ZIP
Filename : PATHHUNT.C
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

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